, 1887-07-14
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A Speech by Gladstone.

made Tor the tnlrd reaulnS OF tne
crimes bill, Mr.. Gladstone, amid pro-
longed cheers, made counter motion
that the bill be read the third time on
this day three months. Mr.. Gladstone
said the bill was the conservatives al
Tentative to home rule and therefore
had different aspect from any ordin-
ary coercion bill. The old coercion
measures had been aimed at crime on
ly, but this new one passed beyond
crime and aimed at societies. Cries
of "hear, hear."] Farther, the bill
had been brought in without
any foundation such as underlaid all
former coercion bills, based on the ex.
istence of exceptional crime. Mr.. Bal
four has disregarded all precedents
requiring that the introduction Of CO.
ercion measures be prefaced by "
statement Of exceptional crimes. Mr..
Gladstone maintained that the in
crease of crime in 1886 over 1885 was,
in view of the agricultural distress in
Ireland, exceedingly small. Compar-
ing the tory government in power in
Ireland in 1885 with those in power
the first five months OF 1887, there was
marked decrease in the amount of
agrarian crime; yet in 1885 they had
refrained from introducing coercion
measures from motives OF pol
icy. A close comparison of
past and present statistics
afforded no shadow of justification for
the present measure. Another con-
trast was that the past parliament had
been nearly unanimous in asserting to
coercion, while this bill was opposed
by u large majority OF the people OF
the country, majority that was not
likely to diminish, (cheers) If parlia-
ment retained any regard for the ira
ditions Of the country or party usage
the measure would be abandoned.
What could they urge to warrant such
an invasion of the peoples liberties,
while resenting the imputation that
the liberals had doue the same thing.
He admittedthat the past measures had
been failures. Among the differences
between the past and the present was
lhe extraordinary proposal making the
kgiceroy master of the whole law and
fight assimilation. In the present
century the proposal was an outrage
on every principle of public duty.
Moreover, new offenses were created
under the measure. The attorney
general for Ireland had admitted,
and it WIS too late to
deny it that that the bill aimed at
suppression. That was far more pard-
enable in the weak and poor than in
rich and powerful, but it was exclusive
dealings of the poor against the strong
at which the bill aimed New crimes
we're created by the measure forits sap
preston and it should operate impair
TALLY. The government did not dare
to lift It's finger in defense of the sug.
gestion that it apply to England the
provision such as it was forcing upon
Ireland. He contended that the gov
ernment was bound to extend to all
occupants of land in Ireland perfect
equality with English trades unions as
regards the right and practices enjoy
ed by the latter, among which were
combination and exclusive dealing,
: which were sanctioned as the bill
Sstood. Ii Irishmen joined in
association it was for Balfour
to say whether or not they became
criminals by the act, (cheers.) In con-
clusion Mr.. Gladstone said that Ire
land, after 20 years OF oppression, was
in state OF misery and wretchedness
greater than any other country in the
whole British empire. There was not
square mile of land which England
held by force, excepting Ireland, where
force was employed. Enthusiastic
cheers from Irish benches). Ireland
was held by master. The govern
ment refused to own that the mastery
involved responsibility. They knew
that the whole literature OF the world
was against them. (Cries of "No.')
He challenged the government to
mention any authority who had re-
viewed the relations between Ireland
and England without arriving at home
rule resolution. (Cheers,) The Tories
professed to be fighting for the union
of the emSire-a fight in
which liberals joined. daughter
and cheers.) The liberals
lowed that a charge of disunion was
vdiculous. 1t was evident the pres
ent state of affairs would not last long
as Gladstone believed every day tend
ed to bring the tories nearer their
doom. Mr.. Gladstone then moved for
the rejection of the bill,
amid cheers from the liberals
and Parnell benches. Mr.. Balfour,
replying to Gladstone's first reference
to the charge that the government
had brought this bill as an alternative
to Gladstone's home rule proposal,
said that if that was the case he felt
juatified in saying that it was suffi-
cient to recommend the measure to
the acceptance OF the house. The
government was mainly justified in
introducing its proposals by the state
"a Social tyranny which had recently
been created in Ireland. Tyranny that
attacked the rights and liberties of
ne ministry, and most OF those